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NITED S T./fxritsV "PATENT '0F F 1G13 i RUDOLF BERKAN, or VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, AssIeNoR To WILHELM KoEHLER, on `SAME PLACE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LRUDOLF BERKArr, mer-` chant, a subject of the Emperor of Austria'- Hungary, residing at 37 Mariahilfer Strasse, Vienna, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Machines for Ornamenting Hangings, of c which the following is a specification.

This invention has been patented in Austria-Hungary, December 11, 1890, No. 40 and No. 3,730.

The objects of my invention are to reproduce rounded, uted, `architrave and other similar moldings on paper hangings in a more direct and less costly way thanhas heretofore been the case. Inorder to do this perfectly, it is necessary to distribute the varying tints between full and secondary colors, full and half shades and high lights, in accordance with their respective intensitiesan operation which, as the'art now stands, is very circumstantial and costly. By means of my device, the color tones, by being shaded exactly in accordance with their intensity, are perfectly reproduced in their most delicate shades, and this, moreover, in one single direct operation, that is, by simply once passing the paper roll under the color box.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of this specification: Figure l is a longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a cross section; Fig. 3 a longitudinal view; Fig. 4 a front view; Fig. 5 a plan view; Fig. 6 an under view, and Fig. 7 a view of a drawing frame for paper hangings readyfor work.

The color box K consists of a number of cells or compartments Z, made as narrow as possible, and corresponds to the width of the paper hanging, such cells being formed by the frame 1', to whose thickness the width of the cell corresponds, and thin strips of lead b fixed between the same. The whole of the cells are held in position by strong front plates p, and screw bolts s, and are irmly 45 clinched against each other and also at the outer side. The leads b, frame r and head plates p correspond in form, in such manner, that the whole system forms a cell-box of prismatic cross-section, of which the under slide is smaller than the others. c rlhe frames 5o i-are not closed underneath and for a part at `the top, and, in consequence, the cells are also left open at such points. The Vupper openings serve for illing the colors in the cells, for lwhich purpose, funnels with-*fiat spouts suf- Aticie'ntly long for them to be inserted in the various cells, are used. The under openings of the cells are considerably shorter, and form a row of drawing pens or a multiple color drawing device, by means of which the colors 6o in the cells are transferred to the paper drawn along under the cells, and more or less pressed against them; in this way regular ylines are formed on the paper running close together and leaving no space between without color. The head plates p' are provided'with grooves e which servegto guide vthe color box when sliding same on the rails @(Fig. 7). The cells' Z are filled in rows with the colorsuecessary for printing the correct shades. When, for 7o example, it is required to print friezes or moldings with large shoulder pieces, the single tints or tones of the corresponding colorfrom the fullest light to the darkest shade of the profile-must be arranged in the ,cells kin the same order as they arerequired to appear on the paper hanging.v In this operation, each vertical-surface will be of equal tone,-in accordancewith its width and, consequently, so many contiguous cells are jfilled with the 8o same color as corresponds to the width of the surface. In the case of narrower frieze facings or borders, several can be placed in juxtaposition andnprinted` by being once drawn through and vwhich must be divided before use. The colors used must not onlyl be cor-v rectly distributed with regard to the tints, but must also have the correct consistence. This is necessary to keep the different colors distinct, and to prevent them running into each 9o other on coming into contact.

The manipulation in producing paper hangings after the manner described will be easily understood from Fig. 7. At the lend of the drawing frame fm is a frame ywith parallel rails fu, between which the color box is made to slide. The continuous paper roll z' is mounted in the frame g, the end of the paper being passed through the slot under the color box, and fastened on a slide w by means of a clamp. To this slide, a string or oord] is attaehed, so that by winding the string on a 5 roller h, pivotally supported 0n to the other end of the table, the finished paper issues on the table, and can be eut in proper lengths, without the process of applying the colors or tints being interrupted.

Io Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with the end frames, the frames o', the partitions b, openings in the I5 frames r at top and bottom and bolts for 

